The Torah declares in an engimatic passage: “Hashem said, ‘My spirit shall not contend evermore concerning man since he is but flesh; his days shall…
Summer 2020 (5780)
Memories of Boro Park
Whether as an accompaniment, accoutrement or the starring role, consider these recipes for your summer table.
Acute loneliness, invisibility, lack of a definite role in a family-centric faith, socializing in a community of couples, invitations and the lack thereof are real…
What is a Bais Yaakov girl?,” a friend asked as we discussed Sarah Schenirer, the founder of the girls’ school movement. It’s a difficult question…
There is precedent to read Sefer Shemot as a guide to returning to the Land. The nineteenth-century commentaries, the Netziv, Meshech Chochmah, Malbim, Rabbi Samson…
Rather than claiming to be history, this book openly reports stories that reflect the worldviews of the speakers. These are conversations with great people about…
As the virus spread into other corners of the Jewish world, the chesed spread as well.
An Upbeat Seder I want to thank you for making my yom tov seudos upbeat and thoughtful. I might have been the guest of honor…
The strange and challenging period of Covid-19 sequestering is an unprecedented opportunity to discover aspects of ourselves in ways that are almost never available.
And yet, amidst these enormous challenges we find the strength to persevere and to harness our faith as well as the resilience to strive and…
